This page is a partial list of notable alumni and faculty of the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...

Rectors and members of the Board of Visitors

Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was previously the natio ...

– 3rd

President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States ...

(1801–1809); founder,

Rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

(1819–1826) *

James Madison James Madison Jr. (March 16, 1751June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father. He served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for h ...

– 4th

(1809–1817); Rector (1826–1836) *

James Monroe James Monroe ( ; April 28, 1758July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, Monroe was ...

– 5th

(1817–1825) *Joseph C. Cabell – Rector (1834–1836 & 1845–1856) * Chapman Johnson – Rector (1836–1845) *

Andrew Stevenson Andrew Stevenson (January 21, 1784 – January 25, 1857) was an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. He represented Richmond, Virginia in the Virginia House of Delegates and eventually became its speaker before being elected to the United S ...

– 15th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1827–1833); Rector (1856–1857) * Thomas Jefferson Randolph – Rector (1857–1864) * T. L. Preston – Rector (1864–1865) * Alexander Rives – Rector (1865–1866) * B. Johnson Barbour – Rector (1866–1872) * R. G. H. Kean – Rector (1872–1876) * Alexander H. H. Stewart – Rector (1886–1887) * John L. Marye – Rector (1888–1890) * W. C. N. Randolph – Rector (1890–1897) * Armistead C. Gordon – Rector (1897–1898 & 1906–1918) * Charles P. Jones – Rector (1898–1906) * R. Tate Irvine – Rector (1918–1920) *

John Stewart Bryan John Stewart Bryan (October 23, 1871 – October 16, 1944) was an American newspaper publisher, attorney, and college president. He was the nineteenth president of the College of William and Mary, serving from 1934 to 1942. He also served as th ...

– Rector and board member (1918–1922) *C. Harding Walker – Rector (1922–1930) * Fredric W. Scott – Rector (1930–1939) * Robert Gray Williams – Rector (1939–1946) *

Edward R. Stettinius Jr. Edward Reilly Stettinius Jr. (October 22, 1900 – October 31, 1949) was an American businessman who served as United States Secretary of State under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman from 1944 to 1945, and as U.S. Ambassado ...

– Rector (1946–1949) * Baron Foster Black – Rector (1949–1956) * Frank Talbott, Jr – Rector (1956–1960) * Albert Vickers Bryan – Rector (1960–1964) * Charles Rogers Fenwick – Rector (1964–1966) * Frank W. Rogers – Rector (1966–1970) * Joseph H. McConnell – Rector (1970–1976) * William L. Zimmer, III – Rector (1976–1980) *

D. French Slaughter Jr. Daniel French Slaughter Jr. (May 20, 1925 – October 2, 1998) was an American politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1985, until his resignation on November 5, 1991. Early life and education Daniel S ...

– Rector (1980–1982) * Fred G. Pollard – Rector (1982–1987) * Joshua Darden Jr. – Rector (1987–1990) * Edward Elliott Elson – Rector (1990–1992) * Hovey S. Dabney – Rector (1992–1998) * John P. Ackerly, III – Rector (1998–2003) * Gordon F. Rainey Jr. – Rector (2003–2005) * Thomas F. Farrell, II – Rector (2005–2007) * H. Haywood Fralin – Rector (2007–2009) * John O. Wynne – Rector (2009–2011) * Helen Dragas – Rector (2011–2013) * George Keith Martin – Rector (2013–2015) * William H. Goodwin – Rector (2015–2017) * Frank M. "Rusty" Conner – Rector (2017–present)

Notable faculty

Faculty members who are alumni of the University of Virginia are marked in ''italics''.

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Space and land exploration

Richard E. Byrd Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, p ...

(attended) – polar explorer, first to fly over

South Pole The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole, Terrestrial South Pole or 90th Parallel South, is one of the two points where Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on Earth and lies antipod ...

* Patrick G. Forrester, Grad 1989 –

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil List of government space agencies, space program ...

astronaut * Karl G. Henize, Col 1947, Grad 1948 –

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies – in either ...

; NASA astronaut *

Thomas Marshburn Thomas Henry Marshburn (born August 29, 1960) is an American physician and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of three spaceflights to the International Space Station and holds the record for the oldest person to perform a spacewalk at 61 years ol ...

, Engr 1984 – NASA astronaut * Leland Melvin, Engr 1991 – NASA astronaut *

Bill Nelson Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Nelson previously served as a United States Senator from Flo ...

, Law 1968 – NASA astronaut; U.S. Senator,

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

* Gregory Olsen, Grad 1971 – co-founder and Chairman of Sensors Unlimited, Inc.; third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the

International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA ( ...

* Kathryn C. Thornton, Grad 1977, Grad 1979 – NASA astronaut * Jeff Wisoff, Col 1980 – NASA astronaut; engineering professor at

Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranked among the top universities ...

United States Supreme Court

* Howell Edmunds Jackson, Grad 1854 – Justice,

United States Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...

; U.S. Senator of

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

James Clark McReynolds James Clark McReynolds (February 3, 1862 – August 24, 1946) was an American lawyer and judge from Tennessee who served as United States Attorney General under President Woodrow Wilson and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Unite ...

, Law 1884 – Justice, United States Supreme Court * Stanley Forman Reed, Law 1908 – Justice, United States Supreme Court;

United States Solicitor General The solicitor general of the United States is the fourth-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice. Elizabeth Prelogar has been serving in the role since October 28, 2021. The United States solicitor general represent ...

Politics and diplomacy

* Yasushi Akashi, Grad 1956 – Chairman, International House of Japan; former Undersecretary of the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...

George Allen George Allen may refer to: Politics and law * George E. Allen (1896–1973), American political operative and one-time head coach of the Cumberland University football team * George Allen (Australian politician) (1800–1877), Mayor of Sydney and ...

, Col 1974, Law 1977 – Governor and U.S. Senator,

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

William Antholis William J. Antholis (born 1965) is a Greek-American political scientist. He is director and CEO of the Miller Center of Public Affairs, a nonpartisan affiliate of the University of Virginia that specializes in presidential scholarship, public po ...

, Col 1986—Director of UVA's

Miller Center The Miller Center is a nonpartisan affiliate of the University of Virginia that specializes in United States presidential scholarship, public policy, and political history. History The Miller Center was founded in 1975 through the philanthrop ...

; former Managing Director Brookings; former White House and State Department staff *

Hanan Ashrawi Hanan Daoud Mikhael Ashrawi ( ar, حنان داوود مخايل عشراوي ; born 8 October 1946) is a Palestinian politician, legislator, activist, and scholar who served as a member of the Leadership Committee and as an official spokesperson ...

, Grad 1982 – Official Spokesperson of the

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

Delegation to the Middle East Peace Process; peace activist * Nathan L. Bachman, Law 1903 – U.S. Senator,

; Justice,

Tennessee Supreme Court The Tennessee Supreme Court is the ultimate judicial tribunal of the state of Tennessee. Roger A. Page is the Chief Justice. Unlike other states, in which the state attorney general is directly elected or appointed by the governor or state leg ...

* Alben W. Barkley, Law 1900 – 35th

Vice-President of the United States The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice pr ...

; U.S. Senator,

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...

Evan Bayh Birch Evans Bayh III ( ; born December 26, 1955) is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Indiana from 1999 to 2011 and the 46th governor of Indiana from 1989 to 1997. Bayh ...

, Law 1981 – U.S. Senator and Governor,

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

Andy Beshear Andrew Graham Beshear (born November 29, 1977) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd governor of Kentucky since December 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the son of the 61st governor of Kentucky, Steve B ...

, Law 2005 –

Governor of Kentucky The governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of government of Kentucky. Sixty-two men and one woman have served as governor of Kentucky. The governor's term is four years in length; since 1992, incumbents have been able to seek re-e ...

Rupert Blue Rupert Lee Blue (May 30, 1868 – April 12, 1948) was an American physician and soldier. He was the fourth Surgeon General of the United States from 1912 to 1920. He served as president of the American Medical Association in 1916–17. Biog ...

, Col 1890 – Surgeon General of the United States *

Kit Bond Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is an American attorney, politician and former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he defeated Democrat Harriett W ...

, Law 1963 – U.S. Senator,

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

* Alan Stephenson Boyd, Law 1948 – first United States Secretary of Transportation *

Harry F. Byrd Jr. Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (December 20, 1914 – July 30, 2013) was an American orchardist, newspaper publisher and politician. He served in the Senate of Virginia and then represented Virginia in the United States Senate, succeeding his father, Harr ...

, Law 1936 – U.S. Senator,

* James Laurence Cabell, Class 1833 – President of National Board of Health * Millard F. Caldwell, Law 1924 – Governor, U.S. Congressman, and State Supreme Court Justice,

* Mortimer Caplin, Law 1940 – Internal Revenue Service commissioner, law professor, tax attorney * James W. Carroll, Col 1985 – director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy *

James Paul Clarke James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was a United States Senator and the 18th Governor of Arkansas as well as a white supremacist. Biography Clarke was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. His father died when Clarke was seven y ...

, Law 1878 – United States Senator and the 18th Governor of Arkansas *

John Cornyn John Cornyn III ( ; born February 2, 1952) is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Texas, a seat he has held since 2002. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the Senate majority whip for ...

, Law 1995 – U.S. Senator,

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

Ken Cuccinelli Kenneth Thomas Cuccinelli II ( ; born July 30, 1968) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, h ...

, Engr 1990 –

Attorney General of Virginia The attorney general of Virginia is an elected constitutional position that holds an executive office in the government of Virginia. Attorneys general are elected for a four-year term in the year following a presidential election. There are no ...

* Hugh S. Cumming, Med 1893 – Surgeon General of the United States * Joseph T. Curry – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1930–1944 * William H. Daingerfield, Col 1829 – 2nd Mayor of San Antonio; Ambassador * Henry Winter Davis, Law 1841 – outspoken

Radical Republican The Radical Republicans (later also known as "Stalwarts") were a faction within the Republican Party, originating from the party's founding in 1854, some 6 years before the Civil War, until the Compromise of 1877, which effectively ended Recon ...

; U.S. Congressman,

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

* Collins Denny Jr. (1899–1964), Law 1924 – pro-segregationist lawyer * Mary DeRosa, Col 1981 – former Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs in the Obama Administration * Hasjim Djalal, Law 1959 – Indonesian Ambassador to Germany, Canada, and the United Nations; Chairman and President of the

International Seabed Authority The International Seabed Authority (ISA) (french: Autorité internationale des fonds marins) is a Kingston, Jamaica-based intergovernmental body of 167 member states and the European Union established under the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of ...

, international law of the sea expert *

Joseph T. Doyle Joseph Ted Doyle (October 6, 1931 – December 18, 2012) was an American politician and judge from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 163rd district from 1971 to 1978. He also s ...

, Grad 1990 – Pennsylvania State Representative for the 163rd district (1971–1978) * William A. Eaton, Col 1978 –

United States Ambassador to Panama The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Panama since its separation from Colombia in 1903. The rank of the U.S. chief of mission to Panama was originally Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, but it was upgraded to A ...

, United States

Assistant Secretary of State Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) is a title used for many executive positions in the United States Department of State, ranking below the under secretaries. A set of six assistant secretaries reporting to the under secretary for political affairs ...

* Paul Erickson, Law 1988 – political consultant *

William Meade Fishback William Meade Fishback (November 5, 1831February 9, 1903) was the 17th Governor of Arkansas and U.S. Senator-elect for Arkansas. Early life Fishback was born in Jeffersonton, Virginia, in Culpeper County, Virginia, the son of Sophia Ann (Yate ...

, Law 1855 – 17th Governor of Arkansas and U.S. Senator-Elect,

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...

Luis Fortuño Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset (born 31 October 1960) is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, from 2009 to 2013. Fortuño served as the first secretary of econom ...

, Law 1985 – Governor of Puerto Rico *

Thomas Watt Gregory Thomas Watt Gregory (November 6, 1861February 26, 1933) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a progressive and attorney who served as US Attorney General from 1914 to 1919 under US President Woodrow Wilson. Early life Gregory was born ...

, Law 1884 – Attorney General of the United States * Michael E. Guest, Grad 1981 – U.S. Ambassador to

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

; first openly gay man to be confirmed by the

U.S. Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...

and serve as a U.S. Ambassador *

Barbara Halliday Barbara Jane Halliday (born 1949) is the mayor of Hayward, California, elected to the office by a plurality in the June 3, 2014 California primary election. Halliday was a city council member for 10 years prior to her election as mayor. She foll ...

, Mayor of Hayward, California * Hilary A. Herbert, Law 1855 –

Secretary of the Navy The secretary of the Navy (or SECNAV) is a statutory officer () and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department (component organization) within the United States Department of Defense. By law, the se ...

Mark Herring Mark Rankin Herring (born September 25, 1961) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th Attorney General of Virginia from 2014 to 2022. A Democrat, he previously served in the Senate of Virginia since a 2006 special election, ...

, Col 1983, Grad 1986 –

, member of the Senate of Virginia * Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Col 1828 – Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senator,

* Eppa Hunton, Law 1843 – CSA Brigadier General; U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator,

* Louis A. Johnson, Law 1913 – Second

United States Secretary of Defense The United States secretary of defense (SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense, the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a high ranking member of the federal cabinet. DoDD 5100.1: Enclosure 2: a The ...

Brereton Jones Brereton Chandler Jones (born June 27, 1939) is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. From 1987 to 1991, he served as the 50th lieutenant governor of Kentucky and from 1991 to 1995, he was the state's 58th governor. He now ...

, Comm 1961 – Governor of

* Edward M. Kennedy, Law 1959 – U.S. Senator,

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut Massachusett_writing_systems.html" ;"title="nowiki/> məhswatʃəwiːsət.html" ;"title="Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət">Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət'' En ...

John Neely Kennedy John Neely Kennedy (born November 21, 1951) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Louisiana since 2017. He served as the Louisiana State Treasurer from 2000 to 2017. Kennedy has been a mem ...

, Law 1977 – U.S. Senator,

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

, State Treasurer of Louisiana *

Robert F. Kennedy Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925June 6, 1968), also known by his initials RFK and by the nickname Bobby, was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, ...

, Law 1951 – U.S. Senator, New York; 1968 U.S. presidential candidate, U.S. Attorney General * Angus King, Law 1969 – 72nd Governor of

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...

, United States Senator from Maine * William Preston Lane Jr., Law 1915 – Governor,

* J. Hamilton Lewis – U.S. Senator,

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...

and first Whip * Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr., Law 1988, Missouri Supreme Court Justice *

Sean Patrick Maloney Sean Patrick Maloney (born July 30, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative from from 2013 to 2023. The district includes Newburgh, Beacon, and Poughkeepsie. A member of the Democratic Party, Malone ...

, Col 1988, Law 1992 – U.S. Congressman, New York's 18th congressional district and former

White House Office of the Staff Secretary The Staff Secretary ("Staff Sec") is a position in the White House Office responsible for managing paper flow to the President and circulating documents among senior staff for comment. It has been referred to as "the nerve center of the White H ...

Thurgood Marshall Jr. Thurgood Marshall Jr. (born August 12, 1956) is an American lawyer and son of the late Supreme Court of the United States Justice Thurgood Marshall. Marshall worked in the Bill Clinton White House and is a retired international law firm partner. ...

, Col 1978, Law 1981 – former White House Cabinet Secretary * Roy Martin, 131st mayor of Norfolk, Virginia (1962-1974), 31st President of the United States Conference of Mayors (1973-1974) * Henry M. Mathews, Grad 1856 –

Governor of West Virginia A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

* Samuel D. McEnery, Col 1857 – Governor and U.S. Senator for

Ana Montes Ana Belén Montes (born February 28, 1957) is a former American senior analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency in the United States who spied on behalf of the Cuban government for 17 years.Jim PopkinTwo double agents, a prison swap and the cod ...

, Col 1979 – convicted Cuban spy *

John S. Mosby John Singleton Mosby (December 6, 1833 – May 30, 1916), also known by his nickname "Gray Ghost", was a Confederate army cavalry battalion commander in the American Civil War. His command, the 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, known as Mosb ...

(attended) – the "Gray Ghost", CSA guerilla fighter * Robert Mueller, Law 1973 – director of the

Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, ...

Janet Napolitano Janet Ann Napolitano (; born November 29, 1957) is an American politician, lawyer, and university administrator who served as the 21st governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009 and third United States secretary of homeland security from 2009 to 20 ...

, Law 1983 – President of the

University of California The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Franci ...

System; former Governor of

Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

and

Secretary of Homeland Security The United States secretary of homeland security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the federal department tasked with ensuring public safety in the United States. The secretary is a member of the Cabinet of the U ...

, Law 1968 – U.S. Senator,

; NASA astronaut *

Kirstjen Nielsen Kirstjen Michele Nielsen (; born May 14, 1972) is an American attorney who served as United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2017 to 2019. She is a former principal White House deputy chief of staff to President Donald Trump, and was ...

, Law 1999 – 6th

Secretary A secretary, administrative professional, administrative assistant, executive assistant, administrative officer, administrative support specialist, clerk, military assistant, management assistant, office secretary, or personal assistant is a ...

of the

United States Department of Homeland Security The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries. Its stated missions involve anti-terr ...

Michelle Nunn Mary Michelle Nunn (born November 16, 1966) is an American philanthropic executive and politician. Since 2015 she has been president and CEO oCARE USA the American national member of CARE International, the humanitarian aid and international de ...

, Col 1989 – President of CARE USA; former US Senate candidate, Georgia *

Andy Oldham Andrew Stephen Oldham (born 1978) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and former General Counsel to Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Education Oldham graduated from the University of Virg ...

, Col 2001 – Judge on the

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (in case citations, 5th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following federal judicial districts: * Eastern District of Louisiana * M ...

* Longin Pastusiak, Grad 1959 – Marshall of the Senate,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

Ken Paxton Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. (born December 23, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the Attorney General of Texas since January 2015. Paxton has described himself as a Tea Party conservative. Paxton was re-elected to a t ...

, Law 1991 – Attorney General of Texas * George W. Randolph, Law 1842 –

Confederate States Secretary of War The Confederate States Secretary of War was a member of President Jefferson Davis's Cabinet during the American Civil War. The Secretary of War was head of the Confederate States Department of War. The position ended in May 1865 when the Confede ...

Thomas Caute Reynolds Thomas Caute Reynolds (October 11, 1821 – March 30, 1887) was the Confederate governor of Missouri from 1862 to 1865, succeeding upon the death of Claiborne F. Jackson after serving as lieutenant governor in exile. In 1864 he returned to the ...

, Law 1838 – 11th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri; Governor of

( Confederate) *

Chuck Robb Charles Spittal Robb (born June 26, 1939) is an American politician from Virginia and former officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 64th governor of Virginia from 1982 to 1986 and a United ...

, Law 1973 – Governor and U.S. Senator, Virginia *

Joseph Taylor Robinson Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), also known as Joe T. Robinson, was an American politician from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1937, servin ...

, Law 1895 – Governor and

United States Senate Majority Leader The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...

, Arkansas * Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., Law 1940 – U.S. Congressman, New York * Chuck Rosenberg, Law 1990 – former United States Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia and Southern District of Texas; former Counsel to the FBI Director; former Chief of Staff to the US Deputy Attorney General; former Counselor to the US Attorney General *

Chip Roy Charles Eugene "Chip" Roy (born August 7, 1972) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's . A member of the Republican Party, Roy took office on January 3, 2019. Before his election to Congress, he s ...

, Commerce 1994 – U.S. Congressman,

Texas's 21st congressional district Texas's 21st congressional district of the United States House of Representatives serves the area north of San Antonio and a significant portion of Austin in the state of Texas. Towns entirely or partially in this district include Boerne, Fre ...

Larry Sabato Larry Joseph Sabato (; born August 7, 1952) is an American political scientist and political analyst. He is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, where he is also the founder and director of the Center for P ...

, Col 1974 – politics professor; Director of the

University of Virginia Center for Politics The University of Virginia Center for Politics (CfP) is a nonpartisan organization based in Charlottesville, Virginia, that seeks to increase civic knowledge and involvement among all citizens. It was founded in 1998 by professor and political a ...

; called the "Most Quoted College Professor in the Land" by the ''

Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

'' *

Mark Sanford Marshall Clement "Mark" Sanford Jr. (born May 28, 1960) is an American politician and author who served as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district from 1995 to 2001 and again from 2013 to 2019, and also as the ...

, Darden 1988 – former Governor of South Carolina *

Thomas A. Saunders III Thomas A. Saunders III (born 1937) is an American investment banker and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of the private equity firm Saunders Karp & Megrue and the chairman of The Heritage Foundation. Early life Saunders graduated from the V ...

, Darden 1967 – Chairman of

The Heritage Foundation The Heritage Foundation (abbreviated to Heritage) is an American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. that is primarily geared toward public policy. The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presiden ...

Eugene Scalia Eugene Scalia (born August 14, 1963) is an American attorney who is a partner at Gibson Dunn. He served as the United States secretary of labor during the final 16 months of the Donald Trump administration. Scalia previously served one year as ...

, Col 1985 – 28th

United States Secretary of Labor The United States Secretary of Labor is a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and as the head of the United States Department of Labor, controls the department, and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all ot ...

* Thomas A. Scully, Col 1979 – former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services *

James Alexander Seddon James Alexander Seddon (July 13, 1815 – August 19, 1880) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a Representative in the U.S. Congress, as a member of the Democratic Party. He was appointed Confederate States Secr ...

, Grad 1836 – 4th Confederate States Secretary of War * Faryar Shirzad, Law 1992 – advisor to United States President

George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...

Marc Short Marc Short (born March 3, 1970) is an American political advisor who served as chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence. Prior to holding this role, Short was the director of legislative affairs at the White House from 2017 to 2018. He beca ...

, Darden 2004 – former White House Director of Legislative Affairs * John William Snow, Grad 1965 –

United States Secretary of the Treasury The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...

Javier Solana Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga (; born 14 July 1942) is a Spanish physicist and PSOE politician. After serving in the Spanish government as Foreign Affairs Minister under Felipe González (1992–1995) and as the Secretary General of NA ...

, Grad 1968 –

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

former

Secretary General Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the organization. The term is derived ...

of the

North Atlantic Treaty Organization The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...

and previous

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

foreign policy chief * William B. Spong Jr., Law 1947 – U.S. Senator, Virginia * John C. Stennis, Law 1928 – U.S. Senator,

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

* Edward Stettinius Jr., Col 1924 –

United States Secretary of State The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...

* Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow, Law 1835 –

Missouri Attorney General The Office of the Missouri Attorney General was created in 1806 when Missouri was part of the Louisiana Territory. Missouri's first Constitution in 1820 provided for an appointed attorney general, but since the 1865 Constitution, the Attorney Gen ...

and

Border Ruffian Border ruffians were proslavery raiders, crossing from the slave state of Missouri into the Kansas Territory, to help ensure Kansas entered the Union as a slave state. They were a key part of the violent period called Bleeding Kansas, that pea ...

* Robert M. Switzer, Law – United States Representative *

Charles L. Terry Jr. Charles Layman Terry Jr. (September 17, 1900 – February 6, 1970) was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party and served as Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court ...

, Col 1922 – Governor,

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

Robert Toombs Robert Augustus Toombs (July 2, 1810 – December 15, 1885) was an American politician from Georgia, who was an important figure in the formation of the Confederacy. From a privileged background as a wealthy planter and slaveholder, Toomb ...

, Law 1830 – U.S. Senator,

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

* John V. Tunney, Law 1959 – U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator,

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

* Thomas B. Turley, Law 1867 – U.S. Senator,

William M. Walton William Martin Walton (January 17, 1832 – July 1, 1915) was a prominent lawyer in Austin, Texas. During the Civil War, Walton served as a major in the Confederate Army. After the war, he was elected attorney general of the state and also ...

, Law 1851 – Attorney General of Texas * John Warner, Law 1953 – U.S. Senator, Virginia *

Mac Warner Andrew McCoy "Mac" Warner (born February 18, 1955) is an American attorney, veteran, and the current West Virginia Secretary of State. He announced his candidacy for Governor of West Virginia in 2024 on January 10, 2023. Early life and educatio ...

, Law 1991 –

Secretary of State of West Virginia The Secretary of State of West Virginia is an elected office within the U.S. state of West Virginia state government. The secretary of state is responsible for overseeing the state's election process, including voter registration and election re ...

* Lowell P. Weicker Jr., Law 1957 – Governor, U.S. Congressman, and U.S. Senator,

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...

* Kevin Whitaker, Col 1979 –

United States Ambassador to Colombia The following is a list of ambassadors of the United States, or other chiefs of mission, to Colombia and its predecessor states. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently ''Ambassador Extraordinary and Mi ...

Sheldon Whitehouse Sheldon Whitehouse (born October 20, 1955) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Rhode Island since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Attorney from 1993 to 1998 ...

, Law 1982 –

Attorney General of Rhode Island The Attorney General of Rhode Island is the chief legal advisor of the Government of the State of Rhode Island and oversees the State of Rhode Island Department of Law. The attorney general is elected every four years. The current Attorney Gene ...

, United States Senator from

Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it ...

* John C. White, English 1998 – Louisiana education superintendent since 2012 *

John Sharp Williams John Sharp Williams (July 30, 1854September 27, 1932) was a prominent American politician in the United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Re ...

, Law 1876 – Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives * Wayne W. Williams, Law 1989 – Secretary of State of Colorado *

Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of ...

(attended) – 28th President of the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

Walter Wyatt Walter Wyatt (July 20, 1893 – February 26, 1978) was an American lawyer, who served as the twelfth Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. Born in Savannah, Georgia, Wyatt received his LL.B. from the University of ...

, Law 1917 – General Counsel,

Federal Reserve System The Federal Reserve System (often shortened to the Federal Reserve, or simply the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States of America. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, after a ...

* Yan Huiqing, Col 1900 – Premier and

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

of the Republic of China; Chinese Ambassador to the United States; 1st Chinese Ambassador to the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

; Chinese Representative in the

League of Nations The League of Nations (french: link=no, Société des Nations ) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ...

* Greg Casar, Col 2012 - U.S. Congressman, Texas

Business

Lee Ainslie Lee S. Ainslie III is the head of hedge fund Maverick Capital. He is a value investor that is particularly known for his investments in the technology sector. Early life and education Ainslie's father was headmaster of Episcopal High School, a p ...

, Comm 1986 – founder and managing partner of

Maverick Capital Maverick Capital is an American hedge fund firm. It was founded by Lee Ainslie in 1993, who was a " Tiger Cub" under Julian Robertson at Tiger Management, helped raise $38 million in capital by the family of Texas entrepreneur Sam Wyly Samue ...

* Eric C. Anderson, Engr 1996 – President and CEO, co-founder,

Space Adventures Space Adventures, Inc. is an American space tourism company founded in 1998 by Eric C. Anderson. Its offerings include zero-gravity atmospheric flights, orbital spaceflights (with the option to participate in a spacewalk), and other spacefl ...

David T. Beers David T. Beers is a financial analyst and until December 2011 was head of sovereign credit ratings for credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P).Hasan, Mehdi (August 5, 2011"The US should let its credit rating be downgraded – and shrug" '' ...

, Col 1975 – Special Adviser to the Governor of the Bank of Canada, former head of sovereign credit ratings, Standard & Poor's * Alfred Berkeley, Col 1966 – President,

NASDAQ Stock Exchange The Nasdaq Stock Market () (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations Stock Market) is an American stock exchange based in New York City. It is the most active stock trading venue in the US by volume, and ranked second ...

* John H. Bryan, Darden 1960 – CEO and Chairman of Sara Lee * Algernon S. Buford, Law 1850 – President,

Richmond and Danville Railroad The Richmond and Danville Railroad (R&D) Company was a railroad that operated independently from 1847 until 1894, first in the U.S. state of Virginia, and later on of track in nine states. Chartered on March 9, 1847, the railroad completed its ...

* W. Graham Claytor Jr., Col 1933 – President, Southern Railway and

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada ...

; and U.S. Secretary of the Navy *

George David George Alfred Lawrence David (born April 7, 1942) is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of United Technologies Corporation. David was elected UTC’s President in 1992 and Chief Executive Officer in 1994. He joined UTC’s Otis Elevat ...

, Darden 1967 – Chairman and CEO,

United Technologies Corporation United Technologies Corporation (UTC) was an American multinational conglomerate headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut. It researched, developed, and manufactured products in numerous areas, including aircraft engines, aerospace systems ...

* William Stamps Farish III, Col 1962 – Chairman of the Board, Churchill Downs, U.S. ambassador to the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

William A. Hawkins William "Bill" A. Hawkins (born 1954) was the chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic from 2008 until 2011. Early life Hawkins received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical and biomedical engineering from Duke University in 1976. ...

, Darden 1982 – CEO, Medtronic Corp. *

Bob Hugin Robert John Hugin (born July 23, 1954) is an American businessman who was formerly the executive chairman of Celgene, a biopharmaceutical company. Hugin was the Republican nominee in the 2018 United States Senate election in New Jersey, where he ...

, Darden 1985 – Chair of

Celgene Celgene Corporation is a pharmaceutical company that makes cancer and immunology drugs. Its major product is Revlimid ( lenalidomide), which is used in the treatment of multiple myeloma, and also in certain anemias. The company is incorporated i ...

Mansoor Ijaz Mansoor Ijaz (born August 1961) is a Pakistani-American venture financier and hedge-fund manager. He is founder and chairman of Crescent Investment Management Ltd, a New York and London-based investment firm that operates ''CARAT'', a proprietar ...

, Col 1983 – founder and Chairman, Crescent Investment Management Ltd *

Paul Tudor Jones Paul Tudor Jones II (born September 28, 1954) is an American billionaire hedge fund manager, conservationist and philanthropist. In 1980, he founded his hedge fund, Tudor Investment Corporation, an asset management firm headquartered in Stamfo ...

, Col 1976 – President and founder, Tudor Investment Corporation and the

Robin Hood Foundation The Robin Hood Foundation is a charitable organization which attempts to alleviate problems caused by poverty in New York City. The organization also administers a relief fund for disasters in the New York City area. In 2010, a key supporter gave ...

, billionaire * Stephen P. Joyce, Comm 1982 – former president and CEO of

Choice Hotels Choice Hotels International, Inc. is an American multinational hospitality company based in Rockville, Maryland. The company, which is one of the largest hotel chains in the world, owns several hotel brands ranging from upscale to economy. As o ...

as well as CEO of

Dine Brands Global Dine Brands Global Inc. is a publicly traded food and beverage company based in Glendale, California. Founded in 1958 as IHOP, it operates franchised and corporate owned full-service restaurants including two restaurant concepts, Applebee's N ...

* Randal J. Kirk, Law 1979 – founder, chairman, New River Pharmaceutical; billionaire * Alan Lafley (attended) – CEO, Chairman of the Board,

Procter & Gamble The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer he ...

* Paul Manheim, 1925 - business executive, director and partner,

Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ( ) was an American global financial services firm founded in 1847. Before filing for bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States (behind Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, a ...

, Asian art collector * Alexander F. Mathews, M.A. 1856 – President and founder of Bank of Lewisburg and First National Bank of RonceverteThe American Historical Society (1923). "Mathews Family of Greenbrier." The History of West Virginia, Old and New (Chicago and New York: The American Historical Society, Inc.) 2: 7-9. http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/greenbrier/bios/wvoldnew/m3200001.txt Retrieved October 19, 2012 * Halsey Minor, Col 1987 – co-founder and former CEO, CNET Inc. *

Nick Morgan Nick Morgan (born Nicholas H. Morgan in 1953) is an American speaking coach and author. Morgan received his A.B. in English from Princeton University in 1976 after completing a 140-page long senior thesis titled "The Artistry of Form: Dickens' ...

– speaking coach and author * Daniel Mudd, Col 1980 – CEO,

Fannie Mae The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), commonly known as Fannie Mae, is a United States government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) and, since 1968, a publicly traded company. Founded in 1938 during the Great Depression as part of the N ...

* Tammy Murphy, Col 1987 – analyst, associate, and project lead at Goldman Sachs *

William Nelson Page William Nelson Page (January 6, 1854 – March 7, 1932) was an American civil engineer and industrialist. He was active in the Virginias following the U.S. Civil War. Page was widely known as a metallurgical expert by other industry leaders a ...

(attended) – civil engineer, co-founder of the

Virginian Railway The Virginian Railway was a Class I railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. The VGN was created to transport high quality "smokeless" bituminous coal from southern West Virginia to port at Hampton Roads. Histor ...

, Col 1989 – CEO, Points of Light *

Charles T. Pepper Charles Taylor Pepper (December 2, 1830 – May 28, 1903) was an American physician and surgeon, who is often cited as the namesake for the soft drink brand Dr Pepper. Many stories on the origins of the drink's name exist, of which the Dr Pepper ...

, Med 1855 – the original "Dr. Pepper" according to the Dr Pepper Company * Steven Reinemund, Darden 1978 – Chairman and CEO,

Pepsi Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by PepsiCo. Originally created and developed in 1893 by Caleb Bradham and introduced as Brad's Drink, it was renamed as Pepsi-Cola in 1898, and then shortened to Pepsi in 1961. History Pepsi wa ...

Co Inc. *

Ed Romanoff Ed Romanoff is an American singer-songwriter, corporate story-teller and entrepreneur. His first album, ''Ed Romanoff'', was a Roots Radio Top 100 Album for 2012. He is also the founder of PineRock, a global brand communications company based in N ...

, Entrepreneur and singer-songwriter *

Julio Mario Santo Domingo Julio Mario Santo Domingo Pumarejo (October 16, 1923 – October 7, 2011) was a Colombian-American billionaire businessman, diplomat and patriarch of the Santo Domingo family who lived in New York City. He controlled more than 100 companies in ...

, Col 1948 – Colombian businessman, billionaire *

Sheridan Snyder Sheridan Gray Snyder OBE (born October 20, 1936) is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist in the biotechnology industry. He is the founder and CEO of Biocatalyst, but also a "serial entrepreneur", a founder of Genzyme and many ...

, Col 1958 – entrepreneur and philanthropist * Samuel Spencer, Engr 1868 – first President, Southern Railway * Mark B. Templeton, Darden 1978 – President and CEO, Citrix Systems *

Jaffray Woodriff Jaffray Piers Woodriff (born April 8, 1969, in Virginia) is the co-founder and CEO of Quantitative Investment Management (QIM), a $1 billion hedge fund. Woodriff founded QIM with Michael Geismar and Greyson Williams in 2003. Woodriff attended the ...

, Comm 1991 – CEO and co-founder of Quantitative Investment Management (QIM) * Robert R. Young (attended) – Chairman of the Board,

C&O Railroad The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century. Led by industrialist Collis P. Huntington, it reached from Virginia's capital city of Richmond t ...

Science and technology

John Backus John Warner Backus (December 3, 1924 – March 17, 2007) was an American computer scientist. He directed the team that invented and implemented FORTRAN, the first widely used high-level programming language, and was the inventor of the Backu ...

(attended) – inventor of first

high-level programming language In computer science, a high-level programming language is a programming language with strong abstraction from the details of the computer. In contrast to low-level programming languages, it may use natural language ''elements'', be easier to us ...

, FORTRAN, and recipient of the 1977 A.M. Turing Award * Daniel Barringer, Grad 1888 – proved the existence of meteorites on Earth (

Barringer Meteorite Crater Meteor Crater, or Barringer Crater, is a meteorite impact crater about east of Flagstaff and west of Winslow in the desert of northern Arizona, United States. The site had several earlier names, and fragments of the meteorite are officia ...

) *

Jesse Beams Jesse Wakefield Beams (December 25, 1898 in Belle Plaine, Kansas – July 23, 1977) was an American physicist at the University of Virginia. Biography Beams completed his undergraduate B.A. in physics at Fairmount College in 1921 and his mas ...

, Grad 1926 – one of five primary physicists selected for the

Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project w ...

, pioneer of

ultracentrifuge An ultracentrifuge is a centrifuge optimized for spinning a rotor at very high speeds, capable of generating acceleration as high as (approx. ). There are two kinds of ultracentrifuges, the preparative and the analytical ultracentrifuge. Both cla ...

William Yancey Brown William Y. Brown (born August 13, 1948) is a zoologist and attorney, currently the chief environmental officer of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in the Department of the Interior. He is a former nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings In ...

, Col 1969 - President of Bishop Museum, author and institutional leader * S. Ward Casscells, Med 1939 – pioneering orthopedic surgeon, introduced arthroscopy of the knee joint into practice in the United States * Edmund M. Clarke, Col 1967 –

FORE Systems FORE Systems was a computer network switching equipment company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1990 to supply Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) cards for workstation computers, it soon branched out to become a major supplier in the AT ...

Professor of

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includi ...

Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University and recipient of the 2007 A.M. Turing Award * Anita H. Clayton, Med 1982 – Chair of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences and the David C. Wilson Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the

University of Virginia School of Medicine The University of Virginia School of Medicine (UVA SoM) is the graduate medical school of the University of Virginia. The school's facilities are on the University of Virginia grounds adjacent to Academical Village in Charlottesville, Virginia ...

. *

Francis Collins Francis Sellers Collins (born April 14, 1950) is an American physician-geneticist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He is the former director of the National Institutes of Health (N ...

, Col 1970 – director of the Human Genome Project and past Director,

NIH The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in the late ...

* Norman L. Crabill, MAE – engineer, inventor, author * Lisa L. Cunningham , Ph.D. neuroscience, NIDCD Scientific Director *

Heber Doust Curtis Heber Doust Curtis (June 27, 1872 – January 9, 1942) was an American astronomer. He participated in 11 expeditions for the study of solar eclipses, and, as an advocate and theorist that additional galaxies existed outside of the Milky Way, wa ...

, Grad 1902 –

who participated in the " Great Debate" with

Harlow Shapley Harlow Shapley (November 2, 1885 – October 20, 1972) was an American scientist, head of the Harvard College Observatory (1921–1952), and political activist during the latter New Deal and Fair Deal. Shapley used Cepheid variable stars to estim ...

, 1920 * David John Doukas, Col 1975 – Clinical bioethics scholar, Family Physician * Wade Hampton Frost, Med 1903 – established epidemiology as a science; founding dean of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health *

Matthew P. Hardy Matthew Phillip Hardy (1957-2007) was an American reproductive biologist who has made fundamental contributions in Leydig cell differentiation and function. Biography M. P. Hardy was born in Evanston, Illinois, completed elementary education ...

, Ph.D. in Biology 1985 – reproductive biologist who has made fundamental contributions in

Leydig cell Leydig cells, also known as interstitial cells of the testes and interstitial cells of Leydig, are found adjacent to the seminiferous tubules in the testicle and produce testosterone in the presence of luteinizing hormone (LH). They are polyhedral ...

differentiation and function * J. Hartwell Harrison, Med 1932 – pioneer kidney transplant surgeon, member of Board of Visitors *

Steve Huffman Steve Huffman, also known by his Reddit username spez (), is an American web developer and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Reddit, a social news and discussion website, which ranks in the top 20 websites in the world. He also co ...

, Engr 2005 – co-founder of

Reddit Reddit (; stylized in all lowercase as reddit) is an American social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website. Registered users (commonly referred to as "Redditors") submit content to the site such as links, text posts, imag ...

Richard Lutz Richard Arthur Lutz (born June 8, 1949) is an American marine biologist and deep-sea oceanographer. He is known for deep-sea research using the ''Alvin'' submersible, and is considered one of the world's foremost authorities on the ecology of de ...

, Col 1971 –

deep sea vent A hydrothermal vent is a fissure on the seabed from which geothermally heated water discharges. They are commonly found near volcanically active places, areas where tectonic plates are moving apart at mid-ocean ridges, ocean basins, and hotspot ...

researcher, Director of the

Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes can ...

* Janet Akyüz Mattei, Grad 1972 – astronomer; Director, the

American Association of Variable Star Observers The American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) is an international nonprofit organization, founded in 1911, focused on coordinating, analyzing, publishing, and archiving variable star observations made largely by amateur astronomers. ...

* Edward P. Ney, Ph.D 1946 and Faculty 1946–47 – astrophysicist; discovered heavy cosmic ray nuclei *

Haller Nutt Haller Nutt (1816-1864) was an American Southern planter. He was a successful cotton planter and plantation owner in Mississippi. He developed a strain of cotton that became important commercially for the Deep South. Early life Haller Nutt was bor ...

(attended 1832-35) -- developer of the Egypto-Mexican cotton hybrid *

Alexis Ohanian Alexis Kerry Ohanian ( hy, Ալեքսիս Քերի Օհանյան; born April 24, 1983) is an American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is best known as the co-founder and executive chairman of the social media site Reddit along with Ste ...

, Comm 2005 – co-founder of Reddit * Charles Pollard Olivier, Grad 1911 – astronomer; founder, American Meteor Society * Charlie Papazian, nuclear engineer; influential member of the American

homebrewing Homebrewing is the brewing of beer or other alcoholic beverages on a small scale for personal, non-commercial purposes. Supplies, such as kits and fermentation tanks, can be purchased locally at specialty stores or online. Beer was brewed dom ...

movement *

Phil Plait Philip Cary Plait (born September 30, 1964), also known as The Bad Astronomer, is an American astronomer, skeptic, and popular science blogger. Plait has worked as part of the Hubble Space Telescope team, images and spectra of astronomical objec ...

, Grad 1994 – author of ''

Bad Astronomy ''Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax"'' is a non-fiction book by the American astronomer Phil Plait, also known as "the Bad Astronomer". The book was published in 2002 and deals with vario ...

'' and

blog *

Walter Reed Walter Reed (September 13, 1851 – November 22, 1902) was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that confirmed the theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species rather than ...

, Med 1869 – discovered transmission of

yellow fever Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration. In most cases, symptoms include fever, chills, loss of appetite, nausea, muscle pains – particularly in the back – and headaches. Symptoms typically improve within five days. ...

* Mendel Rosenblum, Col 1984 – co-founder of

VMware VMware, Inc. is an American cloud computing and virtualization technology company with headquarters in Palo Alto, California. VMware was the first commercially successful company to virtualize the x86 architecture. VMware's desktop software ru ...

Stuart Schreiber Stuart L. Schreiber (born 6 February 1956) is a scientist at Harvard University and co-Founder of the Broad Institute. He has been active in chemical biology, especially the use of small molecules as probes of biology and medicine. Small molecul ...

, Col 1977 – chemical biologist; founding member of the

Broad Institute The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (IPA: , pronunciation respelling: ), often referred to as the Broad Institute, is a biomedical and genomic research center located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The institu ...

of Harvard and MIT * Nicole Shelton, M.A 1996, Ph.D. 1998 – Stuart Professor of Psychology at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

Ann M. Valentine Ann M. Valentine is an American bioinorganic chemist whose research focuses on biomineralization, the uptake and transport of metals and their medical applications in areas such as cancer research. She has received awards including the 2014 AICC ...

, BS 1993 – inorganic chemist *

Alexander N. Vyssotsky Alexander Nikolayevich Vyssotsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Высо́тский, 23 May 1888 – 31 December 1973) was a Russian- American astronomer. Born in Moscow, in 1923 he moved to the United States, where he event ...

, Grad 1927 – astronomer; cataloged

Milky Way The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes our Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye. ...

M dwarf stars *

Beverly R. Wellford Beverly Randolph Wellford (July 29, 1797 – December 27, 1870) was an American physician. Biography Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, he was the son of English physician Robert Wellford—a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and his wife ...

, Grad 1816 – sixth President of the

American Medical Association The American Medical Association (AMA) is a professional association and lobbying group of physicians and medical students. Founded in 1847, it is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Membership was approximately 240,000 in 2016. The AMA's sta ...

Thomas W. Whitaker Thomas Wallace Whitaker (August 13, 1904 – November 29, 1993) was an American botanist and horticulturist who spent most of his career working as a geneticist for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He specialized in the study of ...

, MS 1929, PhD 1931 – botanist and horticulturist *

Ralph Elmer Wilson Ralph Elmer Wilson (April 14, 1886 – March 25, 1960) was an American astronomer. Wilson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Herbert Couper Wilson and Mary B. Nichols. He earned his B.A. from Carleton College and entered the Universi ...

, Grad 1910 – astronomer; Wilson crater on the

Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...

was co-named after him *

Carl A. Wirtanen Carl Alvar Wirtanen (November 11, 1910 – March 7, 1990) was an American astronomer and discoverer of comets and minor planets who worked at Lick Observatory. He was of Finnish ancestry. Wirtanen was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin. After visiti ...

, Grad 1939 – astronomer; discovered a number of

asteroids An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere. ...

and

comets A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process that is called outgassing. This produces a visible atmosphere or coma, and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena ar ...

William Wulf William Allan Wulf (born December 8, 1939) is a computer scientist notable for his work in programming languages and compilers. Until June 2012, he was a university professor and the AT&T Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences in the Depart ...

, Grad 1966 – designer of BLISS programming language, President of the

National Academy of Engineering The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Engineering is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of ...

* Hugh H. Young, Col 1889, Med 1891 – inventor, author, pioneering surgeon

Writers and academics

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wid ...

(attended) – poet, "Father of Gothic Literature", American Literary figure, author of ''

The Raven "The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a distraught lover who is paid a myst ...

'', ''

The Tell-Tale Heart "The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. It is related by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of the narrator's sanity while simultaneously describing a murder the n ...

'' *

Louis Auchincloss Louis Stanton Auchincloss (; September 27, 1917 – January 26, 2010)Holcomb B. Noble and Charles McGrath''The New York Times''. Retrieved on January 27, 2010. was an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. He is best known as a novel ...

, Law 1941 – novelist, lawyer,

National Book Award for Fiction The National Book Award for Fiction is one of five annual National Book Awards, which recognize outstanding literary work by United States citizens. Since 1987 the awards have been administered and presented by the National Book Foundation, but ...

Finalist (1967, 1965, 1961, 1960) * Helen Wan, Law 1998 - novelist, lawyer, author of ''

Partner Track '' Partner Track'' is an American legal drama streaming television series developed by Georgia Lee, based on Helen Wan's 2013 novel ''The Partner Track''. It premiered on Netflix on August 26, 2022. In November 2022, the series was canceled af ...

'' *

Laura Dave Laura Dave (born July 18, 1977) is an American novelist. Early life Dave was born in New York City and grew up in Scarsdale, New York. Her interest in writing began when she was in elementary school. Dave graduated from the University of Pennsylv ...

, MFA 2003 - novelist ''

The Last Thing He Told Me ''The Last Thing He Told Me'' is a mystery-thriller novel by Laura Dave, published May 4, 2021 by Simon & Schuster. The book became an instant #1 New York Times Bestseller and spent 65 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list''. Plot Hanna ...

'' * Hannah Pittard, MFA 2007 - Novelist *

Melissa Kirsch Melissa Kirsch (born 1974) is an American author who writes predominantly about media, politics, and women's issues. Her most recent book, ''The Girl’s Guide'', provides advice to women on topics ranging from financial issues to dating. Current ...

, Col 1996 - author, assistant editor, culture and lifestyle at

New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

Claudia Emerson Claudia Emerson (January 13, 1957 – December 4, 2014) was an American poet. She won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for her poetry collection ''Late Wife'', and was named the Poet Laureate of Virginia by Governor Tim Kaine in 2008. Early life Emerso ...

, Col 1979 – 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry,

Poet Laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch ...

2008 of Virginia * Christina Baker Kline, MFA 1990 - Novelist *

Sheryl Gay Stolberg Sheryl Gay Stolberg (born November 18, 1961) is an American journalist based in Washington, D.C. who covers health policy for ''The New York Times''. She is a former Congressional correspondent and White House correspondent who covered Presidents ...

Col 1983 - Journalist for the

* Adam Mitzner, Law 1989 - Novelist, recipient of the Silver Gavel Awards * Emma Copley Eisenberg, MFA 2014 - author of ''

The Third Rainbow Girl ''The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia'' is a nonfiction book by Emma Copley Eisenberg, published January 21, 2020 by Hachette Books. The book follows the investigation of the murders of Vicki Durian and Nancy S ...

'' * David Blight, Col 2020 - Pulitzer Prize Winner in History for '' Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom'' * Taylor Antrim, MFA 2004 - Novelist * Aoibheann Sweeney, MFA 2000 - Novelist, author of '' Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking'' * Oni Buchanan, Col 1997 - Poet,

National Poetry Series The National Poetry Series is an American literary awards program. Every year since 1979, the National Poetry Series has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry. Manuscripts are solicited through an annual open competition, judged and cho ...

Winner 2007 *

William Cabell Bruce William Cabell Bruce (March 12, 1860May 9, 1946) was an American politician and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who represented the State of Maryland in the United States Senate from 1923 to 1929. Background Bruce was born in Charlotte County, ...

, Col 1880 - 1918 Pulitzer Prize winner in Biography * Samantha Thornhill, MFA 2004 - Poet *

Ted Genoways Ted Genoways (born April 13, 1972) is an American journalist and author. He is a contributing writer at '' Mother Jones'' and ''The New Republic'', and an editor-at-large at ''Pacific Standard''. His books include ''This Blessed Earth'' and ''T ...

, MFA 1999 - Writer, journalist, author * Amy Argetsinger, Col 1990 - Writer and Editor at the

Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large na ...

* Sandra Beasley, Col 2002 - Poet and writer, 2009 Barnard Women Poets Prize *

Lulu Miller Louisa Elizabeth Miller, better known as Lulu Miller, is an American writer and Peabody Award-winning science reporter for National Public Radio. Miller's career in radio started as a producer for the WNYC program ''Radiolab''. She helped create ...

, MFA 2013 - Writer and Peabody Award winning Science Reporter for

NPR National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other ...

* Alexis Schaitkin, MFA 2013 - author of '' Saint X'' * Daniel Mendelsohn, Col 1982 - Writer and columnist, author of '' The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million'', Professor at

Bard College Bard College is a private liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The campus overlooks the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains, and is within the Hudson River Historic District—a National Historic Landmark. Founded in 1860, ...

* Corban Addison, Law 2004 - Author of '' A Walk Across the Sun'' *

Jenna Wortham Jenna Wortham is an American journalist. They work as a culture writer for ''The New York Times Magazine'' and co-hosts ''The New York Times'' podcast '' Still Processing'' with Wesley Morris. In 2020, with Kimberly Drew, Wortham published '' Bl ...

, Col 2004 - author and journalist, culture writer at the

, '' Black Futures'' *

Jamelle Bouie Jamelle Antoine Bouie (born April 12, 1987) is an American columnist for ''The New York Times''. He was formerly chief political correspondent for ''Slate''. David Uberti, writing in the Columbia Journalism Review in 2019, called Bouie "one of ...

, Col 2009 - columnist for the

Forbes 30 under 30 ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30 is a set of lists of people under 30 years old issued annually by ''Forbes'' magazine and some of its regional editions. The American lists recognize 600 business and industry figures, with 30 selected in twenty industries ...

2015 *

Christopher Catherwood Christopher Catherwood, (born 1 March 1955) is a British author based in Cambridge, England and, often, in Richmond, Virginia. He has taught for the Institute of Continuing Education based a few miles away in Madingley and has taught for many yea ...

, 2001 - Author and Historian * Lisa Russ Spaar, Col 1978, MFA 1982 - Poet, Pushcart Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship for the Creative Arts, Professor at

* Kiki Petrosino, Col 201 - Poet * Erika Meitner, MFA - Poet,

National Book Award The National Book Awards are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors. The Nat ...

Finalist 2018 for Poetry * Susanne Antonetta MFA 1989 - poet and author *

Sarah Posner Sarah Posner is an American journalist and author. She is the author of two books about the American Christian right and has written for ''The American Prospect'', ''The Guardian'', ''The Nation'', ''Salon'', ''AlterNet'', ''The Atlantic'', '' Th ...

, Law 1990 - Writer and Journalist *

John Dickerson (journalist) John Frederick Dickerson (born July 6, 1968) is an American journalist and a reporter for CBS News. His current assignment is anchoring “CBS News Prime Time with John Dickerson” on the news division’s streaming network. His previous roles ...

, Col 1991 - Journalist and author * Vashti Harrison, Col 2010 - Children's Book Writer, Illustrator, and Filmmaker, illustrator of ''

Sulwe ''Sulwe'' is a children's fiction picture book by actress Lupita Nyong'o. It follows the story of a young girl who wishes for her dark skin to be lighter. The story is ultimately about colorism and learning to love oneself, no matter one's skin t ...

'' *

Kyle Dargan Kyle Dargan is an American poet. He is the author of five poetry collections. Dargan is currently an Associate Professor of literature and the Assistant Director of creative writing at American University. Biography Dargan was born in Newark, N ...

, Col 2002 - Poet, 2019

Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize The Academy of American Poets is a national, member-supported organization that promotes poets and the art of poetry. The nonprofit organization was incorporated in the state of New York in 1934. It fosters the readership of poetry through outreac ...

* Jia Tolentino, Col 2009 - Writer and editor, author of '' Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion'', Staff Writer at ''

The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues ...

'' * Mary Beth Keane, MFA 2005 - novelist, Finalist Goodreads Readers Choice Awards 2019 * Lear DeBessonet, Col 2002 - Director of Public Works at the

Public Theatre The Public Theater is a New York City arts organization founded as the Shakespeare Workshop in 1954 by Joseph Papp, with the intention of showcasing the works of up-and-coming playwrights and performers.Epstein, Helen. ''Joe Papp: An American Li ...

in New York City. *

Chad Harbach Chad Harbach (born 1975) is an American writer. An editor at the journal '' n + 1'', he is the author of the 2011 novel '' The Art of Fielding''. Early life and education Harbach grew up in Racine, Wisconsin. His father was an accountant and his ...

MFA 2004 - novelist, author of '' The Art of Fielding'' *

Ron Suskind Ronald Steven "Ron" Suskind (born November 20, 1959) is an American journalist, author, and filmmaker. He was the senior national affairs writer for ''The Wall Street Journal'' from 1993 to 2000, where he won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Feature ...

, Col 1981 - novelist, 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing * Tia Williams, Col 1997 - novelist, editor * Emma Lord, Col 2012 - author * Henry S. Taylor, Col 1964 - novelist, 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ''The Flying Change'' *

Eleanor Henderson Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It is the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. The name was introd ...

MFA 2005 - novelist, author of '' Ten Thousand Saints'', assistant professor at

Ithaca College Ithaca College is a private college in Ithaca, New York. It was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music and is set against the backdrop of the city of Ithaca (which is separate from the town), Cayuga Lake, waterfalls, and go ...

David Baldacci David Baldacci (born August 5, 1960) is an American novelist. An attorney by education, Baldacci writes mainly suspense novels and legal thrillers. Biography Early life and education David Baldacci was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. ...

, Law 1986 – novelist '' Memory Man'', '' The Camel Club'', '' Total Control'' * Jeb Livingood, MFA 2000 - Poet * Donald J. Boudreaux, Law 1992 – economist, professor *

Paul Bowles Paul Frederic Bowles (; December 30, 1910November 18, 1999) was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator. He became associated with the Moroccan city of Tangier, where he settled in 1947 and lived for 52 years to the end of his ...

(attended) – novelist, travel writer, composer, author of ''

The Sheltering Sky ''The Sheltering Sky'' is a 1949 novel of alienation and existential despair by American writer and composer Paul Bowles. Plot The story centers on Port Moresby and his wife Kit, a married couple originally from New York who travel to the Nor ...

'', '' Up Above the World'' * Charles Augustus Briggs, Col 1860 – Hebrew scholar and theologian *

Erskine Caldwell Erskine Preston Caldwell (December 17, 1903 – April 11, 1987) was an American novelist and short story writer. His writings about poverty, racism and social problems in his native Southern United States, in novels such as '' Tobacco Road'' (1 ...

, attended 1923–1926 – novelist, author of '' Tobacco Road'' * John T. Casteen III, Col 1965, Grad 1970 – President of the

* John R. Conniff, New Orleans and Baton Rouge educator; president of

Louisiana Tech University Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tech, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Ruston, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research acti ...

, 1926–1928; attended University of Louisiana c. 1895 * Philip F. Deaver, Grad 1978, writer and poet *

Evan Thomas Evan Welling Thomas III (born April 25, 1951) is an American journalist, historian, and author. He is the author of nine books, including two ''New York Times'' bestsellers. Early life and career Thomas was born in Huntington, New York, and r ...

, Law 1977 - author, journalist, historian, editor at

Newsweek ''Newsweek'' is an American weekly online news magazine co-owned 50 percent each by Dev Pragad, its president and CEO, and Johnathan Davis, who has no operational role at ''Newsweek''. Founded as a weekly print magazine in 1933, it was widely ...

, author of '' The Wise Men (book)'' * Philip K. Howard, Law 1974 - writer, author of ''Life without Lawyers'' * Heather Derr-Smith, Col 1995 – poet * Tyler Drumheller, Col 1974 – pre-Iraq war European CIA station chief; author of ''On the Brink'' *

Linda Fairstein Linda Fairstein (born May 5, 1947) is an American author, attorney, and former New York City prosecutor focusing on crimes of violence against women and children. She was the head of the sex crimes unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's offi ...

, Law 1972 – prosecutor of sex crimes in

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

and best-selling author of crime novels * Jerry Falwell Jr., Law 1987 – Chancellor and President,

Liberty University Liberty University (LU) is a private Baptist university in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia ( Southern Baptist Convention). Founded in 1971 by Jerry Falwell Sr. and Elmer L. Towns, Lib ...

* Richard Foerster, A&S 1972 – poet * Joanne B. Freeman – historian * William Fuller, Ph.D. 1983, poet; senior vice president and chief fiduciary officer of

Northern Trust Corporation Northern Trust Corporation is a financial services company headquartered in Chicago that caters to corporations, institutional investors, and ultra high net worth individuals. Northern Trust is one of the largest banking institutions in the Un ...

Elizabeth Garrett Helen Elizabeth Garrett, commonly known as Elizabeth Garrett or Beth Garrett (June 30, 1963 – March 6, 2016), was an American professor of law and academic administrator. Between 2010 and 2015, she served as Provost and Senior Vice President ...

, Law 1988 – President of

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

; former provost of the

University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $8.1 ...

* Emily Giffin, Law 1997 –

chick lit Chick lit is a term used to describe a type of popular fiction targeted at younger women. Widely used in the 1990s and 2000s, the term has fallen out of fashion with publishers while writers and critics have rejected its inherent sexism. Novels id ...

author * Julien Green, Col 1922 – a major figure of French literature of the 20th century * Roger Harold Hull, Law 1974 – President of

Beloit College Beloit College is a private liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin. Founded in 1846, when Wisconsin was still a territory, it is the state's oldest continuously operated college. It is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest and h ...

and

Union College Union College is a private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the state of New York, after Columbia Co ...

* Thomas M. Humphrey – economist *

Edward P. Jones Edward Paul Jones (born October 5, 1950) is an American novelist and short story writer. His 2003 novel '' The Known World'' received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the International Dublin Literary Award. Biography Edward Paul Jones was born ...

, Grad 1981 – author, winner of 2004 Pulitzer Prize for fiction,

MacArthur Fellow The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 indi ...

Jack Temple Kirby Jack Temple Kirby (August 22, 1938 – August 6, 2009) was an American historian who wrote about the Southern United States and the persistent stereotyping of Southerners. He was awarded the Bancroft Prize for his 2006 book ''Mockingbird Son ...

– historian of the

Southern United States The Southern United States (sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, or simply the South) is a geographic and cultural region of the United States of America. It is between the Atlantic Ocean ...

, awarded the

Bancroft Prize The Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas. It was established in 1948, with a bequest from Frederic Bancroft, in his memory and that of his brother, ...

for his 2006 book ''Mockingbird Song: Ecological Landscapes of the South'' *

Gloria Cordes Larson Gloria Cordes Larson is a prominent lawyer, public policy expert, and business leader. Larson was named president of Bentley University in 2007 and served in that role until June 2018. She was the seventh president of Bentley and the first woman ...

, Law 1976 – President of

Bentley University Bentley University is a private university focused on business, accountancy, and finance and located in Waltham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1917 as a school of accounting and finance in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, Bentley moved to Waltham ...

* Helen Matthews Lewis, Master's of Sociology 1949 – sociologist, historian, and activist * Edgar Odell Lovett, Grad 1895 – mathematician, astronomer, first and longest-tenured President of

* M. Elizabeth Magill, Law 1995 – Dean of

Stanford Law School Stanford Law School (Stanford Law or SLS) is the law school of Stanford University, a private research university near Palo Alto, California. Established in 1893, it is regarded as one of the most prestigious law schools in the world. Stanford La ...

* J. Hillis Miller Sr., Grad 1928 – fourth President of the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

(1947–1953) * Robert Miskimon (attended) – novelist, journalist, poet * Blake Morant, Col 1975, Law 1978 – Dean of George Washington University Law School * Arthur D. Morse - print and television journalist, and author of ''While Six Million Died: A Chronicle of American Apathy'' *

Bret Myers Bret Myers (born April 1, 1980) is an American former soccer player and current professor. Myers played with the Williamsburg Wizards youth travel team, with the University of Richmond, and with the Richmond Kickers. He won a gold medal with T ...

(born 1980) - soccer player and professor * David Nolan, Col 1967 – author and historian * Breece D'J Pancake (attended) – short-story writer * Marvin Banks Perry Jr., 1940 – President of

Goucher College Goucher College ( ') is a private liberal arts college in Towson, Maryland. It was chartered in 1885 by a conference in Baltimore led by namesake John F. Goucher and local leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Church.https://archive.org/details/h ...

and Agnes Scott College * Harrison Randolph, Grad 1892 – thirteenth President of the

College of Charleston The College of Charleston (CofC or Charleston) is a public university in Charleston, South Carolina. Founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, it is the oldest university in South Carolina, the 13th oldest institution of higher learning in the Unit ...

(1897–1945) *

W. Taylor Reveley, III Walter Taylor Reveley III (born January 6, 1943) is an American legal scholar and former lawyer. He served as the List of presidents of the College of William & Mary, twenty-seventh president of the College of William & Mary.

, Law 1968 – President,

The College of William and Mary ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

; former dean and professor of law at

William & Mary Law School The William & Mary Law School, known historically as the Marshall-Wythe School of Law, is the professional graduate law school of the College of William & Mary. Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, the school is the oldest extant law school in th ...

* William Craig Rice, Col 1975 – president of

Shimer College Shimer Great Books School (pronounced ) is a Great Books college that is part of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Prior to 2017, Shimer was an independent, accredited college on the south side of Chicago, with a history of being ...

* Paul Craig Roberts, economist and political pundit; Undersecretary of the Treasury *Richard Rorty, Longtime professor of Humanities among the most widely discussed and controversial contemporary philosophers author of Achieving our Country * Alex Sanders (politician), Alex Sanders, Law 1990 – nineteenth President of the

(1992–2001) * Will Shortz, Law – editor of ''The New York Times'' crossword puzzle * Brooks D. Simpson, Col 1979 – historian * Robert Sitkoff, Grad 1996 – professor at Harvard Law School and scholar on trusts and estates * Valerie Smith (academic), Valerie Smith, Grad 1978 – President, Swarthmore College; former Dean of the college,

* Jens Söring – honor student, autobiographer and writer of social issues, convicted murderer without parole * William Force Stead, Col 1905 – diplomat and poet * Darcey Steinke, MFA – author * William G. Thomas III PhD – history professor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2016 Guggenheim Fellow. * Richard E. Wagner, 1966 – economist

Media

Margaret Brennan preparing for a CBS News report in August of 2017

* Robert Aldrich (attended) – film director, writer, and producer of ''The Dirty Dozen'' * Krystal Ball, Col 2003 – anchor on MSNBC's ''The Cycle (talk show), The Cycle'' * Meredith Kopit Levien Col 1993 - President and Chief Executive Officer of The New York Times Company * Fred Barnes (journalist), Fred Barnes, Col 1965 – editor, ''The Weekly Standard'' * John Brenkus, Col 1993 – host, ESPN's ''Sports Science'' * Margaret Brennan, Col 2002 – Bloomberg TV anchor, ''In Business with Margaret Brennan'' * Coran Capshaw, Col 1983 – founder, Red Light Management; manager of the Dave Matthews Band, Faith Hill, and Alicia Keys * Katie Couric, Col 1979 – anchor of ''CBS Evening News''; former host of NBC's ''Today (NBC program), The Today Show'' * Virginius Dabney, Col 1921 – editor of ''Richmond Times Dispatch'', author, Pulitzer Prize winner (editorial writing) * Lane DeGregory, Col 1989, Grad 1995 – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist * Deidre Downs (attended) – Miss America 2005 * Kimberly Dozier, 1993 – reporter for ''CBS News'' * Thomas Frank, Col 1987 – founder and editor, ''The Baffler'' * Bob Gazzale, Col 1987 – President, American Film Institute * Richard Glatzer, Grad 1975 – film director, producer, writer, ''Still Alice'', ''The Fluffer'', and ''Quinceañera (film), Quinceañera'' * W. Douglas Gordon – editor ''Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch'' and ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'' * David M. Granger, Grad 1981 – editor-In-Chief, ''Esquire (magazine), Esquire'' * Bernard Holland – former chief music critic for ''The New York Times'' * Anushay Hossain – columnist * Brit Hume, Col 1965 – managing editor, Fox News * Laura Ingraham, Law 1991 – conservative talk show host * Mark Johnson (producer), Mark Johnson, Col 1971 – film producer, ''Rain Man'', ''Good Morning, Vietnam'', and ''The Chronicles of Narnia''; Academy Award recipient * Robert Llewellyn (photographer), Robert Llewellyn, photographer, Engineering 1964–1968 * Rich Lowry, Col 1990 – editor-In-Chief, ''National Review'' * Jessica Lynch (Miss New York), Jessica Lynch, Col 2000 – Miss New York 2003 * Tyler Mathisen, Col 1976 – co-anchor, ''Power Lunch''; Vice President for Strategic Editorial Initiatives, CNBC * Mahsa Saeidi-Azcuy, Col – ''The Apprentice (American TV series), The Apprentice'' * Andrew Scheinman, Law 1973 – TV producer, ''Seinfeld''; Emmy Award recipient * Tom Shadyac, Col 1981 – director, ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', ''Patch Adams (film), Patch Adams'', ''Bruce Almighty'' * Leigh-Taylor Smith, Col 2007 – Miss New York 2009 * Melissa Stark, Col 1995 – reporter, ESPN and American Broadcasting Company, ABC's ''Monday Night Football'' *

, Col 1981 – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, author * Michael Vitez, Col 1979 – staff writer, ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', Pulitzer Prize winner * Paul Junger Witt, Col 1963 – film producer, ''Dead Poets Society'', ''Three Kings (1999 film), Three Kings'' and ''Insomnia (2002 film), Insomnia''; TV producer, ''The Golden Girls'', ''The Partridge Family'', ''Soap (TV series), Soap'', ''Benson (TV series), Benson'', and ''Blossom (TV series), Blossom''; Emmy Award recipient * Vern Yip, Col 1990 – interior designer, HGTV home improvement personality

Actors, musicians, and artists

* Will Anderson (singer), Will Anderson, lead singer of the pop-rock band Parachute (band), Parachute * David Berman (musician), David Berman, Col – lead singer of indie-rock band Silver Jews * Edward Brophy, Col – actor * Tom Cora, Col – avant-garde cellist and composer * Sarah Drew, Col 2002 – actress, ''Grey's Anatomy'' * Tina Fey, Col 1992 – creator, writer, producer and actress, ''30 Rock''; former head writer, actress, ''Saturday Night Live'' * Schuyler Fisk, Col 2004 – singer/songwriter * PES (director), Col 1995 - director, filmmaker, director of Oscar nominated short film ''Fresh Guacamole'' * Jason George, Col 1994 – actor * Brennan Gilmore, Col 2001 – bluegrass musician; former U.S. diplomat; political activist * Ann Hould-Ward, Grad 1978 – Broadway costume designer, Tony Award recipient * Jen Lilley, Col 2007 – actress, ''General Hospital'', ''Days of Our Lives'', ''The Artist (film), The Artist'' * Rod MacDonald, Col 1970 – singer/songwriter * Stephen Malkmus, Col 1988 – lead singer of indie-rock band Pavement (band), Pavement * Benjamin McKenzie, Col 2001 – actor, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox's ''The O.C.'' * Georgia O'Keeffe (attended) – painter * Nelson Saiers, Col 1997, Grad 1998 – artist and hedge fund manager * Teddy Sears, Col 1999 – actor, ''Masters of Sex'' * Skipp Sudduth, Grad 1983 – actor * Boyd Tinsley, violinist, mandolinist, backup vocals for Dave Matthews Band * Sean Patrick Thomas, Col 1993 – actor * Stan Winston, Col 1968 – special effects expert, four-time Academy Award recipient * Dylan Walsh, Col 1986 – actor, ''Nip/Tuck'' * Sasheer Zamata, Col 2008 – actor, ''Saturday Night Live''

Athletics

* Val Ackerman, Col 1981 – founder and former president of Women's National Basketball Association, WNBA, and current commissioner of the Big East Conference * Jeff Agoos (born 1968) - Swiss-born American soccer defender * Bruce Arena – coached the Virginia Cavaliers to 5 NCAA men's soccer championships; head coach of US national men's soccer team; professional soccer coach * Cory Alexander – former NBA player, 29th pick in the 1995 NBA draft * Darion Atkins – basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Ronde Barber, Comm 1996 – former cornerback, Tampa Bay Buccaneers * Tiki Barber, Comm 1997 – former running back, New York Giants; current sportscaster * Morgan Brian 2014 – member of the US Women's National Soccer Team * Malcolm Brogdon 2016 – guard, Milwaukee Bucks; #15 jersey retired by UVA * Heather Burge – former WNBA player * Heidi Burge, Col 1993 – former WNBA player * Chris Canty (defensive lineman), Chris Canty – former NFL defensive end * Rick Carlisle, Col 1984 – former National Basketball Association, NBA player; current head coach, Dallas Mavericks * John Choma (offensive lineman), John Choma – retired National Football League, NFL Lineman (American football), offensive linemen, San Francisco 49ers * Casey Crawford (American football), Casey Crawford – former NFL tight end * Mike Cubbage – former MLB third baseman and manager * Virginius Dabney (American football), Virginius Dabney – running back * Chris Dey, Col 1989 – President, New York Islanders (NHL) * Somdev Devvarman, Col 2008 – tennis professional; career high world ranking of 62 * Bill Dudley, Educ 1942 – NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame player * Mamadi Diakite, 2020 – NBA player * Jeffrey Eggleston, 2007 – Long-distance track event, long-distance runner * Carlton Elliott – defensive end, Green Bay Packers * Alecko Eskandarian, Col (attended) – Major League Soccer 2003 MLS SuperDraft, #1 overall draft pick, player with D.C. United and United States men's national soccer team, U.S. national team * Paul Ereng, Col 1993 – gold medalist in 800 meters at 1988 Summer Olympics * D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Col 2006 – former offensive tackle, New York Jets * Mustapha Farrakhan Jr. – guard for the Bakersfield Jam * Tim Finchem, Law 1973 – Commissioner of the PGA Tour * Jake Gelof (born 2002) - baseball third baseman * Zack Gelof (born 1999) - American-Israeli third baseman in the Oakland Athletics organization * Conor Gill, Col 2002 – won the 2002 Major League Lacrosse Rookie of the Year Award; 2004 Major League Lacrosse, MLL MVP * Robert Kent Gooch – quarterback * Jim Grobe, 1975, 1978 – current head coach of Wake Forest Demon Deacons, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team * Al Groh, Comm 1967 – former head coach of New York Jets, former head coach of Virginia Cavaliers football, Virginia football team * Margaret Groos – winner of th
1988 U.S, Olympic Trial marathon
and 1988 U.S. Olympic team member; former world indoor record holder for 5,000 meters. * Kyle Guy, NBA player for Sacramento Kings * Brandon Guyer – former outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays * Darryl Hammond, Col 1988 – Arena Football League (1987–2008), Arena Football League career tackles leader * John Harkes – former soccer player and captain of United States men's national soccer team, U.S. national team * Joe Harris (basketball), Joe Harris 2014 – guard, Brooklyn Nets *DeAndre Hunter, NBA player for the Atlanta Hawks * Adam Haseley – baseball player for the Chicago White Sox * Ty Jerome, NBA player for the Phoenix Suns * Mike Jones (wrestler), Mike Jones – professional wrestler; under the names Virgil, Vincent, and Curly Moe * Thomas Jones (American football), Thomas Jones – running back, Kansas City Chiefs * Henry Jordan – retired NFL Lineman (American football), defensive lineman, Pro Football Hall of Fame * Melanie Kok – silver medalist in rowing at 2008 Summer Olympics * Joe Koshansky – former first baseman for the Colorado Rockies * Bowie Kuhn, Law 1950 - former Commissioner of Baseball, Commissioner of Major League Baseball * Braxton Key – professional basketball player * Jeff Lamp – former NBA player * Noel LaMontagne – retired NFL Lineman (American football), offensive lineman, Cleveland Browns * Sylven Landesberg - American-Israeli basketball shooting guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv) * Chris Long - defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles * Javier López (baseball), Javier López – former relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants * John Loyd – tackle * Wali Lundy – running back, Houston Texans * Eugene Mayer, Buck Mayer – running back * Tom McKnight, Com 1976 – Champions Tour golfer * Tony Meola, Col 1989 – Major League Soccer and FIFA World Cup, World Cup goalkeeper *Jerome Meyinsse, 2010 - basketball center in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Heath Miller, Col 2004 – tight end, Pittsburgh Steelers * Eugene Monroe, Col 2008 – offensive tackle, Jacksonville Jaguars * Trey Murphy III – NBA player * Shawn Moore - former NFL and CFL player, former All-American at UVA * Herman Moore, Col 1991 – NFL former record-holder for catches in a season * Ed Moses (swimmer), Ed Moses, Educ 2004 – Olympic gold medalist in swimming * Ben Olsen (attended) – international Association football, soccer player; former player and current coach of D.C. United *London Perrantes (born 1994) - basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League * John Phillips (American football), John Phillips – NFL tight end * Shamek Pietucha, Col 1999 – Olympic swimmer * Chris Rotelli, 2003 – professional lacrosse player * John Beverly Pollard – quarterback * Sonny Randle, 1958 – football, NFL wide receiver * Claudio Reyna (attended) – international Association football, soccer player; former captain of United States men's national soccer team, U.S. national team * LaRoy Reynolds – middle linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons * Mark Reynolds (baseball), Mark Reynolds – former third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals * Eppa Rixey, Col 1912 – National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher *Jake Rozhansky (born 1996) - American-Israeli soccer player * Ralph Sampson, Col 1983 – NBA 1983 NBA Draft, #1 overall draft pick, NBA All-Star Game, All-Star center with Houston Rockets and List of players in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame * Becky Sauerbrunn - defender for the Utah Royals and US women's national team * Matt Schaub, Col 2003 – quarterback, Houston Texans * Michael Schwimer, 2008 – relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies * Mike Scott (basketball), Mike Scott – NBA player for the Atlanta Hawks * Don Shula – head coach of the History of the Baltimore Colts, Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins; career wins leader among NFL coaches; defensive backs coach for the 1958 Virginia Cavaliers football team * Chris Slade (American football), Chris Slade, Col 1993 – defensive end / linebacker NFL All Pro New England Patriots * Michael Slive, Law 1965 – former commissioner of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) * Devin Smith (basketball), Devin Smith - professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv * Emily Sonnett, Col 2015 – defender for the Portland Thorns and US women's national team * Dawn Staley, Col 1992 – Olympic gold medalist, carried U.S. flag at opening ceremonies of 2004 Summer Olympics * Chris Taylor (baseball), Chris Taylor – shortstop/outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers * Bradley Walker – former referee * DeMya Walker, Col 1999 – WNBA player * Lesley Lehane, Lesley Welch Lehane – winner of the NCAA and TAC National Championships in cross-country, 1982 * George Welsh (American football), George Welsh – former head football coach * Ralph C. Wilson Jr. – founding owner of the Buffalo Bills, namesake of Ralph Wilson Stadium * Monica Wright, Col 2010 – WNBA player, currently UVa's all-time career leader in points for women * Ryan Zimmerman, Col 2005 – former third baseman for the Washington Nationals

Military

* :es:Fernando Bolivar, Fernando Bolivar – Venezuelan military, nephew of General Simon Bolivar * Philip St. George Cocke, 1828, Brigadier General (CSA), brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. * Robert Magnus, Gen. Robert Magnus, USMC, Col 1969 – Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps * John Morgan (admiral), VADM John Morgan, USN, Col 1972 – former Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information, Plans and Strategy * John Singleton Mosby, was a Confederate States Army, Confederate army cavalry battalion commander in the American Civil War. His command, the 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, known as ''Mosby's Rangers''. * John B. Magruder, A Confederate States Army, Confederate Army general during the Civil War * Lt. Gen. Charles Pede, USA, Col 1984, Law 1987 - Judge Advocate General of the United States Army *William Pegram, was a artillery officer in Robert E. Lee's Confederate States Army, Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. *Carnot Posey, was a planter and lawyer, and a Confederate States Army, Confederate general in the American Civil War. He was transported to University of Virginia, where he had gone to law school. Later being buried at the school.

Religion

* Lloyd Rutherford Craighill – second Bishop of Anking, China * Carl P. Daw Jr. – Executive Director of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada * Collins Denny (1889–1891) – Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1910–1939) * David Ellenson – professor, President Emeritus and Chancellor of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion * James Addison Ingle – first Bishop of the Missionary District of Hankow, China * J. William Jones – Confederate chaplain, campus minister, Christian author

Environmentalism

* Michael P. Branch – Ecocriticism, ecocritic, writer, activist * Gary L. Francione, M.A. and J.D. – legal theorist, law professor, and animal rights/vegan activist * Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Law 1982 – Chairman, Waterkeeper Alliance; co-host of ''Ring of Fire (radio program), Ring of Fire''; Chief Prosecuting Attorney, Riverkeeper * William A. Welch – engineer and environmentalist who had a major impact on the state and national park systems of the United States

Other

*Jason Kessler, neo-Nazi, white supremacist. *Richard B. Spencer, Col 2001 – Neo-Nazi, White nationalist, founder of AlternativeRight.com, President and director of the National Policy Institute *Otto Warmbier, imprisoned in North Korea in 2016 on a charge of subversion. Released 2017 in a vegetative state and died soon afterward.

Fictional

* Freedom (Franzen novel), Joey Berglund, character in ''Freedom (Franzen novel), Freedom'' by Jonathan Franzen * Death of a Salesman, Biff Loman, character in ''Death of a Salesman'' by Arthur Miller"came back after that month and he took his sneakers—remember those sneakers with ‘University of Virginia’ printed on them? He was so proud of those, wore them every day. And he took them down in the cellar, and burned them up in the furnace." * Elizabeth McCord (character), Elizabeth McCord, portrayed by Téa Leoni, and List of Madam Secretary characters, Henry McCord, portrayed by Tim Daly, on ''Madam Secretary (TV series), Madam Secretary'' * Clarice Starling, protagonist of the novels ''The Silence of the Lambs (novel), The Silence of the Lambs'' and ''Hannibal (Harris novel), Hannibal'' by Thomas Harris, and the film adaptations ''The Silence of the Lambs (film), The Silence of the Lambs'', portrayed by Jodie Foster, and ''Hannibal (2001 film), Hannibal'', portrayed by Julianne Moore * List of The West Wing characters, Gina Toscano, portrayed by Jorja Fox, on ''The West Wing''

Enslaved laborers

* Isabella and William D. Gibbons * Memorial to Enslaved Laborers

References

External links

* {{Authority control Lists of people by university or college in Virginia, University of Virginia University of Virginia people, *